Elections 98

State:	Jammu & Kashmir
Constituency:	Udhampur
Total Votes Polled:	522899
Winner: BJP	Prof Chaman Lal Gupta	250813
Runner Up: JKN	Rajinder Singh Chib	169449
Margin: 81364 (32%)

Elections 96

State:	Jammu & Kashmir
Constituency:	Udhampur
Total Votes Polled:	459456
Winner: BJP	Chaman Lal Gupta	166206
Runner Up: INC	Janak Raj Gupta	96151
Margin: 70055 (15.84%)

Dr Karan Singh won the seat in 1971, 1977 and 1980 for the Congress, the last time being for the Congress-Urs and not Congress-I. In 1989 and 1991 it reverted to the Congress, and for the first time the seat voted the BJP in 1996, with Chaman Lal Gupta handing it over to the Congress candidate.